Riyadh attack classic case of ‘lone wolves’, says expert

RIYADH: Hamoud Al-Zaidi, a political analyst who studies the working of terrorist groups, said the crime that took place in Riyadh district of Al-Hamra on Friday was the result of the spread of terrorist ideology. He said the brothers were very young and hand fallen prey to perverted ideology.
Al-Zaidi pointed out that neither of the brothers was on any list of "wanted persons" of security agencies, according to the Ministry of Interior.
He added that terrorist organizations tend to influence the ideas and minds of young men, pushing them to kill their kin as part of a deliberate strategy in targeting the security system and security men of the Kingdom.
“Terrorist groups also aim to target families and destabilize the social system through several different practices and incidents, such as the earlier murder of a nephew by six of his uncles, as well as the case of the person who murdered his cousin along with the entire family,” said the analyst, asserting that in the latest instance, the to twins were socially isolated which facilitated their linkage with the organization on the emotional and ethical levels.
Pointing out the heinous nature of a crime committed against one's own parents, he said: “When the two brothers committed their crime they were stripped of humanity and all moral values."
Al-Zaidi added that those who live in social isolation are often used as "lone wolves" by terrorist organizations.